First post of each category?
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I understood the explanation about using two query loops in the same page, but it’s far from my php skills to make multiple ones!
I would like to show the first post for each category in a page’s page. i.e. not in a blog page, but in a page, which already used the query for displaying the requested page.
The website is seosumo.com
Thanks!
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You want to put this into a Page template
<?php /* Template Name: FirstPostOfEachCategory */ ?> <?php get_header(); ?> <div id="content"> <div id="main"> <?php // Here we output the actual content of the Page. If you need introductory text or something if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <?php the_content(); ?> <?php endwhile; else: endif; ?> <?php // this is where the categories get cycled through and the latest X posts of each are displayed $categories = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $wpdb->terms.term_id AS id, name, description, term_order from $wpdb->terms INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON $wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id WHERE taxonomy = 'category' AND parent = 0 ORDER BY term_order ASC"); foreach ($categories as $category) { ?> <h1>Category: <a href="<?php echo get_category_link($category->id); ?>"><?php echo $category->name; ?></a></h1> <?php query_posts('category_name='.$category->name.'&showposts=1'); } ?> <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <?php the_title(); ?> <!-- Style this any way you want --> <?php endwhile; else: ?><p>Nix!</p><?php endif; ?> </div> <?php } ?> </div> </div> <?php get_footer(); ?>Thank you for your reply!!
Looks good!, but it doesn’t work.
I tested it, and I even added a rewind_posts() function and nothing.(There was an extra
<?php }?>in this script)Both queries show the same content: the page.
See it at http://seosumo.com/test (that’s the only page that loads your script)
The code goes as follow:<?php /* Template Name: Pages2 */ ?> <?php get_header(); ?> <div id="mainContent" class="showtab1"> <div id="maincontent1"> <h2 class="maintabs"> <big><b>Sumo</b></big> <small><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switch_main(2)">Latest Articles</a></small> <small><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switch_main(3)">SEO Tools</a></small> </h2> <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <div class="entry" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <h1 class="typeface-js"><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <div class="entry"> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p> <?php endif; ?> <!-- end #entry --></div> <div class="footer"><hr /></div> </div> <div id="maincontent2"> <h2 class="maintabs"> <small><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switch_main(1)">Sumo</a></small> <big><b>Latest Articles</b></big> <small><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switch_main(3)">SEO Tools</a></small> </h2> <?php // this is where the categories get cycled through and the latest X posts of each are displayed $categories = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $wpdb->terms.term_id AS id, name, description, term_order from $wpdb->terms INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON $wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id WHERE taxonomy = 'category' AND parent = 0 ORDER BY term_order ASC"); foreach ($categories as $category) { ?> <?php rewind_posts(); query_posts('category_name='.$category->name.'&showposts=1'); } ?> <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <div class="entry multipost" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <?php the_date('','<span class="postinfo">','</span>'); ?> <div class="postheader"> <span class="postinfo"><?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?></span> <h1 class="typeface-js"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1> <span class="postinfo"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category(',') ?> — Posted by <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit This')); ?></span> </div> <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?> <?php link_pages('<p class="pagenavigator"> ', '</p>', 'next', ' next page', 'previous page '); ?> <div class="postfooter postinfo"><?php the_tags(__('Tags: '), ', ', ' — '); ?></div> <?php if (is_single()) : ?> <div class="footer"><hr /></div> <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?> <?php endif; ?> <!-- end Entry --></div> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <div class="entry"> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p> <!-- end Entry --></div> <?php endif; ?> <div class="footer"><hr /></div> <?php posts_nav_link(' — ', __('« Newer Posts'), __('Older Posts »')); ?> <!-- maincontent2 --></div> <div id="maincontent3"> <h2 class="maintabs"> <small><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switch_main(1)">Sumo</a></small> <small><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="switch_main(2)">Articles</a></small> <big><b>SEO Tools</b></big> </h2> <div class="entry"> <h1>Content 3 title</h1> <p>This page is under construction and it will be up soon.</p> <!-- end Content 3 --></div> <div class="footer"><hr /></div> <!-- end Content3 --></div> <!-- end mainContent --> </div> <?php include(TEMPLATEPATH.'/sidebars.php'); ?> <br class="clearfloat" /> <!-- end #maincontainer --></div> <?php get_footer(); ?>The juice of that code is this. Same posts is shown in both loops.
<?php // this is where the categories get cycled through and the latest X posts of each are displayed $categories = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $wpdb->terms.term_id AS id, name, description, term_order from $wpdb->terms INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON $wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id WHERE taxonomy = 'category' AND parent = 0 ORDER BY term_order ASC"); foreach ($categories as $category) { ?> <?php rewind_posts(); query_posts('category_name='.$category->name.'&showposts=1'); } ?> <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <div class="entry multipost" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <?php the_date('','<span class="postinfo">','</span>'); ?> <div class="postheader"> <span class="postinfo"><?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?></span> <h1 class="typeface-js"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1> <span class="postinfo"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category(',') ?> — Posted by <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit This')); ?></span> </div> <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?> <?php link_pages('<p class="pagenavigator"> ', '</p>', 'next', ' next page', 'previous page '); ?> <div class="postfooter postinfo"><?php the_tags(__('Tags: '), ', ', ' — '); ?></div> <?php if (is_single()) : ?> <div class="footer"><hr /></div> <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?> <?php endif; ?> <!-- end Entry --></div> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <div class="entry"> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p> <!-- end Entry --></div> <?php endif; ?> <div class="footer"><hr /></div>First post from each category… did anybody get it working?
Okay, there were some major bugs in my code (I copied it from a working theme file and tried to remove anything unnecessary. I guess I got rid of too much 😉 ) and you garbled up the rest by adding ifs and end ifs and comment crap that does not belong inside the post div.
So, here is the important bit:<?php // this is where the categories get cycled through and the latest X posts of each are displayed $categories = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT $wpdb->terms.term_id AS id, name, description, term_order from $wpdb->terms INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy ON $wpdb->terms.term_id = $wpdb->term_taxonomy.term_id WHERE taxonomy = 'category' AND parent = 0 ORDER BY term_order ASC"); foreach ($categories as $category) : ?> <?php query_posts('category_name='.$category->name.'&showposts=1'); ?> <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?> <div class="entry multipost" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>"> <?php the_date('','<span class="postinfo">','</span>'); ?> <div class="postheader"> <span class="postinfo"><?php the_date('','<h2>','</h2>'); ?></span> <h1 class="typeface-js"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1> <span class="postinfo"><?php _e("Filed under:"); ?> <?php the_category(',') ?> — Posted by <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__('Edit This')); ?></span> </div> <?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?> <div class="postfooter postinfo"><?php the_tags(__('Tags: '), ', ', ' — '); ?></div> </div><!-- end Entry --> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p> <?php endif; ?> <?php endforeach; ?>No need for rewinding. Add this wherever you want the posts to appear.
I suggest you use a “single.php” or similar page as a basis for your template, not the index.php since this usually includes a bunch of if then elses for various scenarios.Thank you for your help!
Is that code php4 dependent?
I’m using php5 (as far as I know) and I’ve read there are some differences.I’m using that code in http://seosumo.com/test
Remember, I can’t use “single.php” since this is supposed to be a second loop for a page which already loads “the page”.Nothing renders. Not even pasted in a generic page with no previous loop.
1st loop works fine though: “page” loads fine in “sumo” tab, but your second loop doesn’t render a thing.🙁
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